United Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 62: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello); Jeanine De Bique (soprano); Chineke! / Kevin John Edusei (conductor) Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.8.2017. (CC)
This Week’s Review
Glyndebourne’s Excellent La clemenza di Tito Comes to the Proms
United Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 59: Mozart – La Clemenza di Tito: Soloists; Glyndebourne Festival Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Robin Ticciati (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 28.8.2017. (CC)
(c) Chris Christodoulou.
A Remarkable and Memorable Chopin Recital by Pavel Kolesnikov
United Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS – PCM7, Chopin: Pavel Kolesnikov (piano), Cadogan Hall, London, 28.8.2017. (CS)
A Mighty (But Imperfect) Rendering Of Berlioz’s Faust In Wellington
New Zealand Berlioz, La Damnation de Faust: Soloists, Freemasons New Zealand Opera Chorus (Director: Michael Vinten), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Edo de Waart (conductor). Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. 25.8.2017. (PM)
2017 Quincena Musical Ends with a Successful Verdi Requiem Led by a Promising Young Conductor
Spain Verdi, Messa da Requiem: Orfeón Donostiarra, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg / Gustavo Gimeno (conductor), Kursaal, San Sebastián, 26.8.2017. (JMI)
An Intriguing Prom of Czech Rarities
United Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 56 – Smetana, Martinů, Dvořák, Janáček and Suk: Svatopluk Sem (baritone); BBC Singers (mens’ voices), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 27.8.2017. (AS)
Historical Echoes in Cargill and BBCSO’s 70th Anniversary Song-Fest
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2017 (14) – 70th Anniversary Celebration Concert: Karen Cargill (mezzo), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Usher Hall, 27.8.2017. (SRT)
Respighi and Verdi’s Quiet Moments Come Alive in Chailly’s Hands
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2017 [13] – Verdi, Respighi: Edinburgh Festival Chorus (dir. Christopher Bell), Filarmonica della Scala / Riccardo Chailly (conductor), Usher Hall, 27.8.2017. (SRT)
